"Wake in the deepest dark of night and hear the driving rain. Reach out a hand and take a paw and go to sleep again."
-Charlotte Gray

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

First Quilt

I gave you a "Sneak Peek" of this on the 24th. Now you get to see the whole thing. It's a memory quilt of Zeke.

Be gentle, it's my first quilt. It's entirely machine quilted. I did not do a lot of "quilting" on it, just stitching in the ditch as I did not want to quilt over the photos. And yes, I did use red thread as I thought the effect of seeing the thread would be interesting. And I made my own binding.

It was hard to make but in spite of that I like quilting!
I'm working on my second quilt now. It's also a memory quilt, this time of Holly. I will try some different things on it. Stay tuned...

Dog and Butterfly

Holly's Memory Candle

"We should understand well that all things are the work of the Great Spirit. We should know the Great Spirit is within all things: the trees, the grasses, the rivers, the mountains and the four legged and winged peoples; and even more important, we should understand that the Great Spirit is also above all these things and peoples. When we do understand all this deeply in our hearts, then we will fear and love and know the Great Spirit, and then we will act and live as the Spirit intends" ~ Black Elk